“Pound”, “Pounds” (currency) in Tunisian Arabic

In Tunisian Arabic, “Pound” (the noun as in the currency) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Jnih

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جنيه (m)

In Tunisian Arabic, “Pounds” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Jnihet

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

جنيهات

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“The price is 50 pounds.”

E soum 50 jnih.

.السوم 50 جنيه

 
“He saves up 100 pounds each month to buy a computer.”

kol chhar y5abi 100 jnih bech yechri ordinateur.

.كل شهر يخبي 100 جنيه باش يشري أورديناتور

 
“I want to exchange 200 pounds to dollars.”

N7eb n7awal 200 jnih el 200 dolar.

.نحب نحول 200 جنيه لـ 200 دولار

 
“I borrowed 30 pounds from my friend.”

(m) Tsalaft 30 jnih men sa7by.

(f) Tsalaft 30 jnih men sa7abty.

.تسلفت 30 جنيه من صاحبي (m)

.تسلفت 30 جنيه من صاحبتي (f)

 
“The taxi to the airport cost us 20 pounds.”

Tkalfetelna e taxi lel matar 30 jnih.

.تكلفتلنا التاكسي للمطار 30 جنيه